Hi Kathryn so glad to hear you enjoyed the post! While it was written a few years ago, the content is still very relevant today. You might also be interested in anther article by Kathleen that goes in-depth into teaching online during the covid crises: https://www.theedublogger.com/teaching-online-school-closures/

Thanks so much for your post! As someone who is interested in learning more about global collaboration in the classroom, I really appreciate the thorough breakdown that you provide. Since this post is from a few years back, have you had any recent experiences (especially during covid) that have changed any of your tips? Maybe some advancements in technology that might alter how you would go about a global collaborative classroom?

Hi Kateryna,
You can definitely start with a free blog and then upgrade to pro if you decide to. Transitioning is straightforward. It’s basically a matter of pressing a button. All your work and settings will remain. If you need any help with this in the future, feel free to email us.
You might also be interested in our Teacher Challenge series which walks you through setting up a blog.
Good luck!

Hi Jean,

So glad to hear you enjoyed the article.

A blog is typically a website that’s just updated more regularly with new posts. A traditional website is more of a static space. So if you’re looking for a site where classes will offer updates about projects or class work etc, a blog would make sense.

You could perhaps use a wiki, however, wikis may be more about cataloging information and building a resource or encyclopedia of sorts, rather than sharing or discussing etc. A wiki doesn’t come to mind as a natural platform for a collaborative project, however, I’m sure it can be done. You can also add a wiki to your blog as is explained here https://help.edublogs.org/wiki-plugin/

In regards to commenting, you can turn comments off in your blog settings. https://help.edublogs.org/enable-and-disable-comments-on-future-posts-and-pages/ You can set up comment moderation.

Hope that helps, however, if you need more assistance with helping your instructor setting up a site for their collaboration, feel free to email us.

Good luck!

Thank you for your enthusiastic comment, Melissa! Your vision sounds fantastic. I just love the idea of integrating craft into a global project. I can’t think of a project where this is done off the top of my head but maybe you could start something? If you could find another class that was interested, you could even create tutorials for each other or something like that.
Do let me know if you start something. I’d love to check it out!
Kathleen